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Old September 6th 09, 02:30 AM posted to rec.bicycles.rides
Simon Lewis
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terryc writes:

On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:10:19 +0100, Robert Norton wrote:

What are the relative merits of aluminium or quality steel? I'm talkimg
with reference to touring bikes


If you are going around the world, then get steel as you can get them
repaired everywhere.


This has been debunked a million times.

However, I would always recommend steel because I have seen a LOT of
dented alu frames from something as harmless as a bike falling across
the top of a post for example.

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